Part 860: Cynthia B

I'm back, Nah!

*Sigh*

So are you ready to transform for me yet or what?

Hold a moment. Let me check... Nope. Still not going to do it.

See, 'cause I've been thinking it over, and I think I know the problem. If I'm sitting on your head, it kind of makes you look like a prop, right?

That's pretty much exactly what I told you the first time.

Right! That's why I figured out a solution! If we gave you a real role to play, you'd be more than just a piece of theater staging!

And just what role did you have in mind for me?

Are you curious? Hmm? Someone's cuuurious!

I don't think I've ever been so uninterested in my whole life. Whatever you have planned, I'm sure it's horribly demeaning.

Aww, come on! That hurts! Don't you trust me, Nah?

Anyway, since you almost asked, I'll tell you... You'll play my rival!

Excuse me?

Bound by fate to clash time and again, the bards sing odes of our many battles! You are Nah, Draconic Queen of Darkest Darkness!

Darkest dark... Wait, what?

Time and again, I rise up to fight you for the sake of good and happiness and light. But time and again you flee like a craven before I can deliver the finishing blow!

Hey! Why do I play the craven?!

But fate has at long last seen fit to end this epic struggle! Our ten-thousand-year war has finally come to its climax!

I'm not ten thousand years old yet. And you'll be lucky to see tomorrow if you keep talking!

The duel is a sight the likes of which the world has never seen, nor will again. At combat's end, the dust clears, revealing the fate of these two warrior-goddesses... The divine hero Cynthia stands victorious! The wicked Nah is vanquished! HUZZAH!

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Cynthia stands triumphant, one leg perched atop the prone and breathless Nah! She tilts her head back and lets forth a mighty victory roar! The people go wild! Yay! Huzzah! Nice job, Cynthia! We love Cynthia! Hip-hip-hooray! ...And so on.

...Well? What do you think?

That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard in my life.

What? Really?

This conversation is over! (leaves)

What?! Aw, Nah! Don't go! Hey! Come back!